The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-19

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La Porte; Mrs. Laura E. Sandefur, of Frank
lin, and others. Mrs. z. G.. Wallace viii make
the principal address of the afternoon, and
Miss Sandefur, of Franklin. will recire Der
prayer will be offered BY Rev. J. A. Rondthaler,
and the chief speakers will be Hon. w. ID.
Foulke, Mary E. Hag9art. and Eugene II. Bun
dy, whose well-known ability is such as to at
tract large and appreciative audience.
AN ELECTION INSPECTOR SUES FOR PAY.
Andrew Oehler. who was inspector in the
Seventeenth ward at the election last fall. be-
came sick early the morning Of the election,
and called upon VIM. Il. Corbaly, now deputy
sheriff. to take his place on the board. When
payday came for the inspectors, Oehler, as the
appointed inspector. drew the pay. and, Mr..
Coroaly alleges. has refused to pay him for his
services a substitute The amount is but 81
but Mr.. Corbaly has brought suit in Squire
Smock's court for it.
coNFEssEs THAT HE is RoBBER
Superintendent Travis has received a letter
from the chief of police of st. Louis stating that
Richard Wilson. serving sentence in the work
house in that city, confessed to being the man
who assaulted the peddler Goodwin east of the
city six months ago Goodwin was coming in
from the country with his wagon late at night
and had allowed the man to ride with him. The
Superintendent says Wilson will not be brought
back here for trial unless the county commits
sioners will agree to bear the expense Of trans
portation.
HOW CROWDS WILL BE HANDLED.
The west entrance of the Union Depot ia
practically blockaded by the work on the tunnel.
and there are not the usual means Of exit at the
east end. In order to avert danger some of the
leading roads have made arrangements to un-
load passengers this week at the street crossings
nearest the depot. but the returning crowds Will
doubtless assemble at the depot. depot official
remarked yesterday that il the crowd wac as
large as usual, it would take an extra force OF
police officers to prevent accidents. and Superin-
tendent Travis will perhaps be asked to furnish
additional men.
A sHREwD swINDLING SCHEME.
A swindling scheme that was worked in Gin
cinnati with great success last week at
tempted here at two of the leading hotels on
Saturday. A we'll dressed man, after registering
at the hotel, proceeded to cultivate the &C
quaintance OF the clerk and learn the names OF
we'll known guests. He afterwards went out
into the city, and telephoned to the clerk. giving
the of some well-known guest, stating
that he had made some purchases. and did not
have ready money enough to pay for
them. The clerk was asked to pay the
amount to the messenger. who delivered
the packages at the hotel, and. OF course,
check would be given when the guest returned.
The clerks. however, were not caught. for they
packages delivered. The swindlers sue
ceeded in escaping arrest
TROUBLE AHEAD AMONG CAR-DRIvERs.
With the coming of cold weather there prom
ise5 to be renewal of trouble among the street
car drivers. Already many citizens are object
ing to the drivers opening the door and calling
the names of Streets and the drivers themselves
say positively that they will quit work before
they will call the streets during the winter.
The Knights of Labor have a word to say on the
subject, and it is to the effect that whenever the
drivers begin refusing to call the names OF
streets they will put spoilers on the cars to ar
rest them. A petition has been circulated for
several weeks asking the Council to reconsider
the resolution requiring the names Of streets to
be called, but the Knights claim that the re-
pealng of the resolution would not lessen the
liability OF the drivers for the that there
is a clause in the original ordin ance requiring
the streets to BE- called.
MOTHER AND SONS LONG SEPARATION.
The recent reunion of General Wilder's brigade
at Greencastle was the means of bringing infor
nation to Mrs. Elizabeth Collard. of this city,
about a son whom she supposed had long ago
died. The son was L w. Collard. member Of
the Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers. Ten years
ago he started West, intending to send
for his mother within year After his depart
ure there was no further communication be-
tween the mother and son. After numerous IN
successful attempts to obtain some information
of each other. they each reached the conclusion
that the other was dead. Mr.. Colard attended
the Wilder Brigade reunion, a few days ago, and
met al Indianapolis gentleman, whom he asked
for some information regarding his mother,
stating that he had written many letters to her.
without receiving an answer to any OF them.
The gentleman promised. upon his return to this
city, to ascertain, if possible. the whereabouts
of Mrs. Collard. This he easily succeeded in do
ing, and appraised her OF her sons inquiries re-
garding her, greatly to her surprise. The son,
in turn, was informed of where his mothe was
living and will arrive in the city this week to
visit her.